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WOLF'S 

Book of Milwaukee 

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A CONDENSED HISTORY 
OF MILWAUKEE 



John R. Wolf 

Editor and Publisher 
420 Marshall Street 
Milwaukee, Wis. 

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ADVERTISING. 

March 15, 1890 — First whole page ads 
-published by Frank A. Lappen. 

AERONAUTICS. 

March 2, 1908— Aero club. 
1910— Aviator Art Hoxey at State fair. 
1911-''12-'14 — Aviator Lincoln Beachey 
at State fair. 

ALLiS-CHALMERS MFG. CO. 

May, 1847 — Established as Reliance 
Works by Decker & Seville; 1860, bought 
by Edward P. Allis, Charles D. Nash and 
John P. McGregor, and conducted under 
name of E. P. Allis & Co.; March, 1913, 
incorporated in Delaware. 

AREA. 

1910 Census — 14,585.8 acres; metropoli- 
tan district — city and immediate environs, 
112,826.6 acres. 

1910—24.35 miles; 1900, 21.5; 1880, 15. 

ART. 

1886— Milwaukee Art society; 1910, re- 
vived. 

April 5, 1888— Layton Art Gallery 
opened. 

Feb. 17, 1890— Carl Marr left for Ger- 
many. 

April 21, 1890 — Art League organized. 

April 10, 1896— Carl Marr's "Flagel- 
lants" presented to city by Mrs. Emil 
Schandein. 

AUTOMOBILES. 

May, 1899 — First car operated by George 
L. Odenbrett. 

1912— Vanderbilt Cup and Grand Prix 
races. 



AUDITORIUM. 

Sept. 21, 1909— Opened. 

BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. 

1915 — Milwaukee, American Association. 
1914 — Milwaukee, American Association. 

BAY VIEW. 

April 8, 1868— Founded; 1887, annexed. 

BALD HEADS. 

June 30, 1889 — Neumueller's Park scene 
of a picnic held by the Moonshiners, an 
organization of bald-headed men. 

BENNETT LAW. 

April 18, 1890 — Bennett Law Democrats 
organized. 

March 14, 1890— West Side Turners 
support law. 

May 2, 1890 — Wisconsin Lutherans 
called convention to oppose Bennett law. 

BETHEL HOME. 

August, 1868— Established by the Wis- 
consin Seamen's Friend Society. 

B'NAI B'RITH. 

June 29, 1861— Gilead Lodge, No. 41. 

BUTTERINE. 

April 26, 1915 — First butterine factory. 

CANAL. 

January, 1838 — Milwaukee and Rock 
River, 

CEMETERIES. 

1850— Forest Home. 
Nov. 2, 1857— Calvary. 
1859— Holy Trinity. 



Jan. 11, 1865— Union. 
Aug-ust, 1880 — Pilgrim's Rest. 
April 1, 1872 — Greenwood. 
Sept. 6, 1894— Wanderers' Rest. 
June 5, 1909— Holy Cross. 

CENTENARIANS. 

Oct. 2, 1914— Mrs. Louise K. Thiers, 100. 
Dec. 25, 1914 — Thomas Kelly, resident 
of the Soldiers' Home, 100. 

1915 — Mrs. Katherine Orzechowski, 100. 

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 

1854 — Known as Board of Trade; Feb. 
5, 1865. new building; Nov. 18, 1880, pres- 
ent building at Michigan St. and Broad- 
way opened. 

CHURCHES. 

1855 — Methodist Mission. Rev. Mark 
Robinson first pastor, place of worship, 
carpenter shop, Huron and East Water 
Sts.; May, 1841, first church built on east 
side of Broadway, between Oneida and 
Biddle Sts.; 1848, first German Methodist 
church, Rev. Casper Jost, pastor, built on 
Fifth St.; 1849, Welsh Methodist church 
built on lake shore at Huron St.; March 
25, 1865, Norwegian Methodist, Rev. A. 
Haagenson. 

1856 — First Baptist church, Washington 
St. and First Av., Elder Griffin; 1855, first 
German Baptist church, Chestnut and 
Third Sts., Rev. Carl Kleppe. 

1856 — St. Paul's Episcopal, Milwaukee 
and Wisconsin Sts. 

April 15, 1857— First Presbyterian, Rev. 
Moses Ordway. 

1857 — First Congregational church; 
1857, Welsh Congregational church. 

August, 1857 — First Catholic services 
held in home of Solomon Juneau by Rev. 
Fleurimont Bondisel; March 19, 1844, 
Very Rev. John Martin Henni consecrated 



bishop of Milwaukee; 1863, St. Stanislaus 
church established at Grove and Mineral 
Sts. by Father Bonaventura Buczynski. 

1859— St. Paul's Lutheran; 1847, Trinity 
Lutheran. 

1848 — Our Saviour's Norwegian Evan- 
gelical, Scott and Reed Sts. 

1841 — Unitarian. 

1844— Universalist. 

April 19, 1846— Cornerstone of St. 
Mary's Catholic church laid; consecrated 
Sept. 12, 1847. 

1847 — Evangelical. 

1848— First Reformed (Dutch). 

Oct. 5, 1856 — B'ne Jeshurun; Aug. 5, 
1869, Temple Emanu-El; 1900, Sinai. 

1862 — Trinity Evangelical, Fourth and 
Lee Sts., Rev. William Geyer. 
• Nov. 17, 1877— Union Gospel. 

Sept. 6, 1878— Lutheran Theological 
seminary. 

1889 — First Christian Science. 

March 9, 1890 — Methodists celebrated 
semi-centennial. 

CITY HALL. 

Feb. 24, 1894— Cornerstone laid; Dec. 
23, 1895, inaugural proceedings; cost of 
building and fixtures, $1,016,935; height to 
flag pole, 393 feet; bell weighs 20,505 
pounds and cost $4,000.^ 

CLEARING HOUSE. 

Dec. 1, 186-8. 

CLOCKS. 

1906 — Street clocks removed by Mayor 
Becker. 

COLLEGES. 

Sept. 14, 1848— Milwaukee College; 1895, 
Milwaukee-Downer. 

1864 — Marquette University. 



COMMON COUNCIL. 

1851 — First meeting held in Spring Street 
Methodist Church, Grand Avenue and 
Fifth Street. 

COURTS. 

1855 — Albert Fowler appointed justice 
of peace. 

1856 — Courthouse site donated by Solo- 
mon Juneau and Morgan L. Martin. 

June 15, 1857 — Federal court opened by 
Judge William C. Frazier. 

1857 — Cyrus Hawiey first clerk of 
federal court. 

July 7, 1848— J. S. Rockwell first United 
States marshal. 

March 18, 1859 — Erasmus Foote elected 
first judge of municipal court; election 
later declared unconstitutional and James 
A. Mallory, then district attorney, ap- 
pointed judge. 

1872— Courthouse; cost $1,000,000. 

June 29,, 1889 — Jury commission. 

April 19, 1910— Civil courts. 

DANCING. 

October, 1856 — First academy, Prof. L. 
W. Vizay. 

Nov. 26, 1910 — People's dances, Audi- 
torium. 

DEBATE, LIQUOR. 

April 50, 1909— Rose-Dickie. 

DEITZ, JOHN. 

April 28, 1905 — Seventeen Milwaukeeans 
sworn in to arrest Deitz. 
Oct. 8, 1910— Captured. 

DIME MUSEUM. 

Dec. 51, 1889— Closed. 

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DISASTERS. 

May 7, 1875— Steamer Schiller lost off 
England; Joseph Schlltz, Henry Friend, 
Herman Zinkeisen, Marcus Stein and Mrs. 
Marie Millner and child of Milwaukee lost. 

April 20, 1893— Waterworks crib dis- 
aster, 15 lost. 

March 1, 1892 — Seven killed in wreck in 
Milwaukee road yards. 

Feb. 4, 1895 — Three drowned when car 
ran into open draw at Kinnickinnic bridge. 

May 29, 1914— Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
Freeman saved from the steamer Empress 
of Ireland, lost in St. Lawrence river. 

DRAMA. 

1850-1856— Albany hall, on site of 
Chamber of Commerce; March 24, 1862, 
burned. 

February, 1852 — Young's hall completed; 
Feb. 17, 1852, burned; March, 1853, re- 
built; April 8, 1853, opened with the pro- 
duction of "The Czar and the Ship Car- 
penter," by the Musical Society; June 21, 
1859, burned. 

1860— Academy of Music; 1869, leased to 
Young Men's Association, became first 
public library. 

Jan. 10, 1865 — Daniel Bandmann. 

Jan. 31, 1865 — Music hall dedicated; 
1869, name changed to Academy of Music. 

Oct. 21, 1868— Stadt, Third St., dedi- 
cated. 

Aug. 29, 1889— Bijou Opera House. 

Aug. 17, 1871— Grand Opera House 
opened with production of "Martha," by 
the Philharmonic Society. 

April 16, 1890— Booth and Modjeska 
played at Grand Opera House. 

April 6, 1890— Ernst Possart, German 
actor, first appearance. 

1891— Pabst theatre. 

1890— Davidson theatre. 

1909 — Drama club. 

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March 20, 1910 — Hedwig Beringer's 
golden jubilee at Pabst. 

IVIay 21, 1915 — Ludwig Kreiss silver 
jubilee, Pabst. 

DRUIDS. 

Aug. 22, 1855— Walhalla Grove, No. 2. 

EARTHQUAKE. 

Aug. 51, 1886. 

EIGHT-HOUR DAY. 

May 9, 1890 — Carpenters' demand 
granted. 

EPIDEMICS. 

Cholera. 

1849—104 die. 

Ship Fever. 

September, 1850—57 die. 

Smallpox. 

1871—774 die. 
1872—217 die. 

1894-5 — 268 die; rioting during removal 
of patients to isolation hospital. 

Grippe. 
1890. 

EXPOSITION BUILDING. 

Sept. 6, 1881— Opened; June 4, 1905, 
burned. 

FAMOUS SAYINGS. 

1898 — "There are some things worse 
than war. There are some things better 
than money." — Senator John L. Mitchell 
in debate on question of declaring war on 
Spain after the destruction of the battle- 
ship Maine. 



FATHER OF WEATHER BUREAU. 

Nov. 1, 1870 — Increase Allen Lapham. 

FEDERAL BUILDING. 

April 22, 1899— Opened. 

FIRE DEPARTMENT. 

December, 1836 — First fire, Samuel 
Brown's residence, Cherry St., between 
Second and Third Sts. 

1837 — Volunteer Hook and Ladder Co. 

1839 — "Neptune, No. 1," first fire engine. 

1840 — Second company. 

1844 — Third company. 

February, 1869 — Alarm system. 

March, 1874 — Paid department estab- 
lished. 

February, 1878— Relief fund established. 

Aug-. 17, 1885 — Thomas A. Clancy joined 
Engine Co. No. 4. 

1858-1867— Jobst H. Buening, first chief. 

Dec. 2, 1877 — Fire insurance patrol. 

1889 — Henry Haerter, first fireman pen- 
sioned. 

Sept. 4, 1889 — Mayor Brown christened 
Cataract. 

1885 — Fire and Police Commission: 
Thomas Shea, Gen. F. C. Winkler, Jacob 
Knoernschild, Jerome R. Brigham. 

April 10, 1915 — First fire engine placed 
on Jones Island. 

FIRES. 

April 6, 1845 — First big fire burned 
block bounded by Broadway, East Water, 
Huron and Michi-gan Sts. 

Aug. 24, 1854 — Block bounded by Broad- 
way, Michigan, Huron and East Water 
Sts., old Mitchell bank, Tremont house, 
United States hotel at East Water and 
Huron Sts., and four livery stables on 
Broadway destroyed. 

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Jan. 18, 1851— Block bounded by Broad- 
way, Erie, East Water and Chicago Sts. 

March 20, 1860— Twenty stores on Wis- 
consin St. 

Jan. 1, 1863 — Camp Siegel barracks; 
three soldiers killed. 

Nov. 15, 1869 — Gaiety theatre: three 
killed. 

Feb. 2, 1865— Van Etta, Treedman & 
Co.'s tobacco factory. 

Oct. 23, 1865— Block on Wisconsin St., 
between Broadway and Milwaukee St. 

Oct, 10, 1871— Refugees from Chicago 
fire came to Milwaukeee. 

Jan. 10, 1883— Newhall house, north- 
west corner of Broadway and Michigan 
St.; 90 to 100 killed. 

Oct. 20, 1883— First Assistant Chief 
George M. Linkman joined department. 

Oct. 26, 1913— Goodyear Rubber Co. 
building, 580 East Water St.; nine firemen 
killed and seventeen injured. 

Oct, 28, 1892— Twelve blocks in the 
Third ward; started in Union Oil Co. 
store on East Water St. and burned 
to the lake and the river; tw^o firemen 
killed, tw^o women died from excitement; 
loss, $3,000,000 to $4,000,000; Milwaukee's 
most disastrous fire. 

April 9, 1894 — Davidson theatre burned; 
Third Asst. Chief August Janssen and 
eight other firemen killed; fifteen firemen 
injured. 

March 28, 1895 — Grand Avenue; Lan- 
dauer Bros, wholesale dry goods house; 
loss, $1,000,000. 

July 18, 1899— Hotel Grace, Park and 
Reed Sts.; one fireman killed and six 
injured. 

Feb. 3, 1903— Schwab Stamp and Seal 
Co., 372-4 East Water St.; nitric acid gas 
causes death of Chief James Foley, Capt. 
Andrew White and Pipeman Edward 
Hogan and Thomas Droney; Asst. Chief 

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Thomas A. Clancy and twelve firemen 
overcome. 

Feb. 24, 1905— Interior Woodworking 
Co.; Lieut. William Morgan killed. 

May 19, 1905— Lieut. Charles Dressel 
killed by fall from hosecart. 

Feb. 13, 1909— H. W. Johns-Manville 
Co., Clybourn St.; five firemen killed; one 
employe killed and several fireman in- 
jured. 

Jan. 3, 1910 — American Bridge Co., 
Seventeenth St. and St. Paul Ave.; four 
firemen killed. 

Oct. 29, 1910— Phoenix International 
Light Co., 317 Chestnut St.; one fireman 
killed. 

March 24, 1911 — Middleton Manufactur- 
ing Co., 354 Broadway; five firemen killed. 

March 19, 1914 — Windsor hotel; one life 
lost. 

FIRST BANK CHARTERED. 

1839 — Wisconsin Marine & Fire Insur- 
ance Co. (now Marine National bank). 

FIRST BARBECUE. 

Jan. 1, 1841 — Honor of Harrison and 
Tyler's election. 

FIRST BLACKSMITH SHOP. 

1835— D. W. Patterson. 

FIRST BLOCK PAVEMENT. 

1861— West Water St., from Clybourn 
St. to Grand Ave. 

FIRST BREWERY. 

1840— Owens (S: Pawlett. 

FIRST BRICK. 

September, 1835 — Nelson Olin. 

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FIRST BRIDGE. 

Built by Byron Kilbourn across the 
Menomonee to connect Chicago road and 
"Kilbourntown (west side). 

FIRST COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC 
WORKS. 

May 10, 1869— C. Latham Sholes, Henry 
iMilhiian and James Reynolds. In April, 
1871, Mr. Reynolds resigned; succeeded by 
Jacob Velten. 

FIRST CITY ATTORNEY. 

1846— Charles E. Jenkins. 

FIRST CITY CLERK. 

1846— A. H. Bielfeld. 

FIRST CITY COMPTROLLER. 

1852 — Cicero Comstock. 

FIRST CITY DIRECTORY. 

Feb. 10, 1847— Julius P. B. McCabe; 
April, 1881, A. G. Wright began publica- 
tion of city directory. 

FIRST ELECTRIC CAR. 

April 5, 1890— Wells street line. 

FIRST CITY ENGINEER. 

May 20, 1869— Theodore C. Brown. 

FIRST DAM. 

1842 — Built on Milwaukee river for Rock 
River Canal Co., by Capt. John Anderson. 

FIRST CITY TREASURER. 

1846— Robert Allen. 

FIRST COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH. 

April, 1877— Dr. I. H. Stearns. 



FIRST COMMISSIONERS OF THE 
PUBLIC DEBT. 

1861-85— Alexander Mitchell. 
1864-72— Charles H. Larkin. 
1871-86— Guido Pfister. 

FIRST CONSTABLE. 

October, 1835 — Sclota Evans. 

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FIRST EXPRESS LINE. 

1852 — Arthur Flanders, over Milwaukee 
and Prairie du Chien road. 

FIRST FOUNDRY. 

1842 — Egbert Mosley. Loring Dewey and 
Stephen Newhall. 

FIRST GERMAN SETTLER. 

1835— Wilhelm Strothman. 

FIRST GROCER, WHOLESALE. 

1845— P. W. Badgley. 

FIRST HOTEL. 

1835 — Triangle, East Water St., Jacques 
Vieau; 1836, called Cottage Inn. 

FIRST LIGHTHOUSE. 

1838. 

FIRST MATCH FACTORY. 

1844— R. W. Pierce. 

FIRST MARSHAL. 

1846-7— Thomas H. Fanning. 

FIRST MAYOR. 

1846 — Solomon Juneau. 

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FIRST MILWAUKEE SURGEON IN 
THE PHILIPPINES. 

1899— Dr. John R. McDill. 

FIRST MOTION-PICTURE THEATRE. 

July 10, 1906— Saxe Bros., Grand Ave. 
and Second St., site of the Theatorium. 

FIRST MURDER. 

November, 1836 — Indian named Manitou 
killed by Joseph Scott and Cornelius Ben- 
nett at southeast corner of Michigan and 
East Water Sts.; murderers escaped from 
jail; Scott hanged in Indiana; Bennett 
never found. 

FIRST NATATORIUM. 

Feb. 14, 1890. 

FIRST NEWSPAPER. 

July 14, 1836 — The Advertiser, Demo- 
cratic, published on the site of the Repub- 
lican house by Daniel H. Richards; June 
9, 1847, absorbed by The Evening Wis- 
consin, founded by William E. Cramer, 

FIRST PASSENGER CONDUCTOR. 

Nov. 21, 1850 — Edwin Bridgeman of the 
Milwaukee & Mississippi. 

FIRST PIER. 

1842— Built by Horatio Stevens of New 
York, foot of Huron St. 

FIRST PLANING MILL. 

1843 — Robert Luscombe and John T. 
Perkins. 

FIRST POET. 

1836— Egbert H. Smith. Oak Creek. 

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FIRST POSTMASTER. 

1855 — Solomon Juneau; Aug. 7, 1843, 
removed; succeeded by Josiah A. Noonan. 

FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE COMMON 
COUNCIL. 

1874 — H. M. Benjamin; served until 
1878. 

FIRST SAILING VESSEL. 

1779 — British sloop Felicity, Capt. 
Samuel Robertson, visited Milwaukee. 

FIRST STEAMBOAT. 

June 17, 1855— United States. 

FIRST SURVEY OF LOTS. 

1854— By William S. Trowbridge. 

FIRST TANNERY. 

1848— Pfister & Vogel. 

FIRST TAX COMMISSIONER. 

1869-72— Matthew Keenan. 

FIRST TYPE FOUNDRY. 

December, 1856. 

FIRST VESSEL BUILT HERE. 

1856 — Sloop Wenona, by George Barber 
for William Brown. 

FIRST WATER REGISTRAR. 

1872-4 — Matthew Keenan (secretary 
board of water commissioners). 

FIRST WOODENWARE FACTORY. 

1844 — C. E. Woolsey. 

FIVE TIMES MAYOR. 

1898, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1908— David 
Stuart Rose. 

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FLOOD. 

Nov. 2, 1858. 
March 25, 1865. 

FLUSHING TUNNEL. 

Sept. 8, 1884— Finished; Sept. 18. 1888, 
first service. 

FOUNDATION. 

May 24, 1915 — Milwaukee Foundation 
organized at meeting of Wisconsin Trust 
Co. directors. 

GAS WORKS. ^ 

Nov. 12, 1852— First jet lighted. 

GATHERINGS. 

June 8, 1880; Aug. 26. 1889— G. A. R. 

June 17, 1888— First national skat 
tournament. 

June 20, 1889— Saengerfest. 

July 25, 1895— Turnfest. 

1896 — Semi-centennial. 

1898— Carnival. 

Aug. 5-7, 1909 — Homecoming'. 

Sept., 1910 — American Health Associa- 
tion. 

Aug. 4, 1915 — Perry Centennial. 

June 11, 1914 — Comptrollers. 

GERMAN ASSOCIATION. 

May 8, 1880 — Organized to protect im- 
migrants. 

HARUGARI. 

Feb. 18, 1855— Guttenberg Lodge, No. 57. 

HOME FOR THE AGED. 

September, 1878 — Established by the 
Little Sisters of the Poor. 

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HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS. 

October, 1867. 

HOSPITALS. 

July, 1848 — St. Mary's, at Jackson and 
Oneida Sts. 

Aug. 3, 1863 — Milwaukee, established by 
the late Rev. William Passavant. 

Oct. 15, 1877— City (isolation), Mitchell 
St. and Nineteenth Ave. 

August, 1880— County. 

May, 1888^ Johnston Emergency hos- 
pital. 

HOUSE OF CORRECTION. 

1865— Windlake Ave. 

HOUSE NUMBERS. 

April 24, 1865 — Property owners given 
10 days to number houses under penalty 
of $5. 

HUMANE SOCIETY. 

Dec. 5, 1879. 

ILLUMINATION. 

April 5, 1880— Streets lighted by elec- 
tricity by Prof. C. H. Haskins. 

Feb. 28, 1890— $600,000 municipal elec- 
tric light plant plans before board of 
public works. 

IMMIGRATION, BOARD OF. 

March, 1879. 

INDIANS. 

Sept. 4, 1862 — Fear of uprising. 
October, 1844 — Last annual dance. 

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 

Feb. 11, 1875— Michigan St.; April 15, 
1875, Jackson St.; 1878, North Point. 

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INFANTS' HOME. 

June 1, 1882. 

INSURANCE, FIRE. 

February, 1852 — INlilwaukee Mechanics. 
Feb. 20, 1869— Northwestern National. 
March, 1871 — Concordia. 

INSURANCE, LIFE. 

Nov. 18, 1858— Northwestern Mutual 
Life Insurance Co. oganized in Janesville; 
moved to Milwaukee, March 7, 1859; Feb. 
14, 1915, George W. Young 50 years in its 
employ; Oct. 1, 1915, occupied new build- 
ing on Wisconsin St. 

April, 1910 — Old Line Life Insurance Co. 
of America. 

INVENTOR OF TYPEWRITER. 

1868— C. Latham Sholes. 

INVESTIGATIONS. 

March 3, 1905— Beef "trust." 
March 9, 1905 — Tenement houses. 
Oct. 2, 1911 — Senator Isaac Stephenson. 
July 15, 1914 — Vice commission. 

JENNY LIND CLUB. 

1861. 

JITNEYS. 

Feb. 6, 1915 — First license issued to W. 
B. Putnam; May 2, 1915, Robert Stauss 
killed; June 5, 1915, 1,000 licensed. 

JOURNALISM. 

1910 — School founded at Marquette Uni- 
versity by Rev. J. E. Copus, S. J. 

KLONDIKE GOLD EXCITEMENT. 

July 15, 1891 — News of discovery; Mil- 
waukeeans prepare to leave for gold fields. 

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KNIGHTS OF HONOR. 

Sept. 9, 1870— Milwaukee Lodge, No. 300. 

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. 

Sept. 9, 1870— Milwaukee Lodge, No. 1. 
May 21, 1890 — Wisconsin brigade, uni- 
formed rank, organized. 
July, 1890 — Encampment. 

LABOR. 

Feb. 20, 1887— Federated Trades Council 
organized; Aug. 14, 1887, received charter. 

March 7, 18J^0— Eight-hour day, build- 
ing trades. 

LEGION OF HONOR. 

1880 — Six subordinate councils. 

LIBRARY, PUBLIC. 

Feb. 7, 1878— Established, taking over 
books of Young Men's Association. 

LIBRARY AND MUSEUM BUILDING. 

1898— Cost $627,674. 

LINCOLN. 

April 18, 1865 — Funeral services in 
memory of President Lincoln. 

LITERARY WORKSHOP. 

1915—420 Marsh;; 11 St. 

LYNCHING. 

Sept. 6, 1861— Marshall Clark lynched 
following murder of Darbey Carney. 

MANUFACTURES. 

Feb. 28, 1890— Reach $100,000,000 mark. 

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MAN GIRL. 

May 4, 1914 — Ralph Kerwinieo dis- 
covered to be Miss Cora Anderson. 

MARINE. 

1847 — Dry dock, floating; slip, February, 
1877, Wolf & Davidson. 

May 4, 1877 — Life saving station. 

1838 — Lighthouse, foot of Wisconsin St. 

1855 — Lighthouse, North Point. 

Nov. 1, 1870 — U. S. signal service. 

Jan. 5, 1S90— Whale club. 

1908 — Strike of lake seamen, firemen 
oilers, watertenders, cooks and stewards 
against Lake Carriers' association. 

Dec. 5, 1912 — Lightship, three miles off 
Wisconsin St. 

May 15, 1915 — Interstate Commerce 
Commission divorces lake-rail lines; order 
effective Dec. 1, 1915. 

Disasters. 

June 17, 1852— S. P. Griflith burned; 322 
lost. 

Oct. 24, 1856 — Steamer Toledo foundered 
off Port Washington; 30 lost. 

Sept. 8, 1860— Steamer Lady Elgin lost 
off Winnetka, 111.; about 300 drow-ned. 

April 9, 1868— Steamer Sea Bird burned 
off Waukegan, 111.; 75 drowned. 

Oct. 14, 1872— Steamer Lac La Belle 
foundered in Lake Michigan; 7 lost. 

Sept. 15, 1873 — Steamer Ironsides foun- 
dered in Lake Michigan; Capt. Sweetman 
and 16 others lost. 

Sept. 9, 1875 — Bark Tanner wrecked; 
Capt. Howard drowned; crew of nine 
saved by a volunteer life-saving crew, 
Henry M. Lee, N. A. Peterson, Burnt Ole- 
son, Henry Spark and John McKenna, 
assisted by the revenue cutter Andy 
Johnson and the tug F. C. Maxon. 

Oct. 16, 1880— Steamer Alpena foun- 
dered in Lake ^Michigan; about 100 lost. 

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March 19, 1885 — Steamer Michigan 
crushed by ice and sunk in Lake IVIichi- 
gan; no lives lost. 

Oct. 29, 1887— Steamer Vernon foun- 
dered; 22 lost. 

Oct. 50, 1888— Explosion on tug Law- 
rence kills Capt. John Sullivan and three 
others. 

May 18, 1894— Schooner M. J. Cum- 
mings lost off Milwaukee; 6 drowaied. 

Jan. 21, 1895 — Steamer Chicora lost in 
Lake Michigan; 36 drowned. 

Sept. 9, 1910 — Carferry Pere Marquette 
No. 18 foundered in Lake Michigan; 
28 lost. 

Oct. 8, 1913 — Explosion, cutter Tus- 
carora. 

Nov. 7. 1913 — Storm on great lakes; 244 
sailors drowned and seventeen vessels lost. 

MASONIC. 

July 5, 1843— Milwaukee Lodge, No. 22. 

MEDICAL SOCIETY, COUNTY. 

1846; 1853, lapsed; November, 1879, re- 
vived. 

MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS' 
ASSOCIATION. 

March, li861 — Organized as Merchants' 
association. 

MILITARY. 

1845 — Washington Guards; Milwaukee 
(German) Riflemen; 1854, reorganized as 
the City Rifles. 

1847 — Milwaukee (German) Dragoons. 

1848 — Milwaukee City Guards. 

1854 — Milwaukee Union Sarsfleld 
Guards; National Guards; 1855, reorgan- 
ized as the Union Guards; July 16. 1855, 
again reorganized as the INIilwaukee Light 
Guard. 

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1S56 — Washington Artillery. 

1857 — Milwaukee Light Guard Cadets; 
1858, reorganized as Milwaukee Cadets; 
1861, changed name to Milwaukee Zou- 
aves; July 13, 1861, mustered into the 
U. S. service as Co. B, 5th Wisconsin 
Regt.: Aug. 5, 1864, mustered out. 

1857 — Black Yagers; entered U. S. 
service for three months as Co. D, 1st 
"Wisconsin Regt.; mustered out at expira- 
tion of that term. 

1858 — Montgomery Guards; July 16, 
1861, mustered into U. S. service as Co. B, 
5th Wisconsin Regt.; mustered out at 
close of Civil War. 

1858— Juneau Guards. 

1858— Milwaukee Cavalry Co. 

1859 — Green Yagers. 

Oct. 10, 1861— Second Wisconsin Bat-" 
tery. 

June 15, 1869— Co. A, Sheridan Guards. 

Sept. 14, 1874 — Co. K, Kosciusko Guards 

June 20, 1879— Co. L, South Side Turner 
Rifles. 

April 22, 1880— Light Horse Squadron 
organized. 

April 25, 1884 — Sheridan, Kosciusko and 
Lincoln Guards and South Side Turner 
Rifles organized into Fourth Battalion, 
W. N. G. 

1887— Co. I, Rusk Guard; Oct. 24, 1888, 
mustered into National Guard as Co. E. 

Jan. 19, 1889— Co. F, Badger State Rifles. 

June 25, 1898— Fourth Infantry at Osh- 
kosh riots. 

July 26, 1898— Co. D, Scofield Guard. 

Feb. 28, 1899— Fourth Regt. mustered 
out at Anniston, Ala. 

MILK FAMINE. 

July 3, 1914. 

MILWAUKEE LYCEUM. 

Jan. 10. 1859 — Lucius I. Barber, presi- 
dent. 

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MILWAUKEE TO LIVERPOOL. 

July 21, 1856 — Schooner Dean Richmond 
sailed with 14,000 bushels of wheat; ar- 
rived Dec. 29. 

MONUMENTS AND STATUES. 

Nov. 7, 1885— Washing-ton: Gift of Miss 
Elizabeth Plankinton. 

July 6, 1887— Juneau: Charles T. Brad- 
ley and William H. Metcalf. 

Nov. 15, 1887 — Ericson: Mrs. Joseph T. 
Gilbert. 

March 25, 1901— Elk: B. P. O. E. 

June 19, 1905 — Kosciusko: Popular sub- 
scription. 

June 28, 1898— Soldiers: Popular sub- 
scription. 

July 14, 1908— Schiller-Goethe: Popu- 
lar subscription. 

June 26, 1909 — Burns: James A. Brydcn. 

MUSIC. 

January, 1843 — Beethoven society; E. D. 
Holton, president. 

May 1, 1850 — Musical society; Jacob 
Mahler, president. 

1840— First music hall built at Third 
and Chestnut streets by John Hustis. 

July 23, 1858— Liedertafel; John Marr, 
president. 

Nov. 20, 1877— Arion Musical ckib. 

June 16, 1859 — Deutscher Maenner- 
verein, originally the Catholic Young 
Men's Association. 

Sept. 17, 1871 — Nunnemacher's Grand 
Opera house (now Pabst theatre); "Mar- 
tha" presented by Philharmonic society. 

March 29, 1905— "Parsifal." in English. 

MUSEUM, PUBLIC. 

April 14, 1882 — Accepted collection of 
Wisconsin Natural History Society. 

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ODD FELLOWS. 

1846 — Kneeland Lodge, No. 5. 

ODONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

Aug. 25, 1S78— To protect and further 
interests of dentists. 

ORPHAN ASYLUMS. 

May 9, 1848— St. Rose's (Catliolic). 
Jan. 4, 1850— Protestant. 
June 12, 1877— St. Vincent's. 

PAPER MILL. 

1848 — North side of Menomonee river, 
block west of West Water street bridge; 
owned by Ludington & Garland; destroyed 
by a freshet in 1864. 

PARKS. 

June 1, 1864 — Quentin's park opened. 

April 4, 1865 — Juneau park established, 

1889— Park law authorized, $1,000,000 
bond issue. 

1889 — Park Commission: Christian 

Wahl, Calvin E. Lewis, Charles Manegold, 
Jr., Louis Auer and John Bentley. 

PFEIL FUNERAL PYRE. 

Oct. 22, 1855. 

PHONOLOGICAL INSTITUTE FOR 
DEAF MUTES. 

January, 1878 — 594 National Ave. 

POLICE DEPARTMENT. 

Sept. 10, 1855— Organized with Chief 
William Beck and 11 patrolmen; chief's 
salary, $800; men, $50 a month. 

Oct. 26. 1885— John T. Janssen m.ade 
chief. 

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POPULATION. 

1915, Estimated— 419,054. 

Metropolitan District, City and Immediate 
Environs. 

1910 Census— 427,226. 

Twelfth City. 

12— Milwaukee 573,857 

11— San Francisco 416,912 

10— Buffalo 425,715 

9— Detroit 465,766 

8— Pittsburgh 533,905 

7— Baltimore 558,485 

6— Cleveland 560,663 

5— Boston 670,585 

4— St. Louis 687,029 

3— Philadelphia 1,549,008 

2— Chicago 2,185,283 

1— New York 4,766,885 

Growth. 

1850— 20,061 
1860— 45,246 
1870— 71,440 
1880—115.587 
1890—204,468 
1900—285,315 
1910—573,857 

PRESS CLUB, ENGLISH. 

Sept. 7, 1910— Silver jubilee; Theodore 
Roosevelt guest of honor; "The Big Stick" 
published, Harlowe Randall Hoyt, editor; 
Fred W. Luening, associate editor. 

PRESS CLUB, GERMAN. 
1887. 

POSTAL SERVICE. 

1835 — First postofRce, southwest corner 
East Water and Wisconsin Sts. 

April 13, 1915 — Louis Manz a letter car- 
rier for fifty years; aged 80 years April 9, 
1915; olde.st letter carrier in the United 
States. 

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POUND. 

May 12, 1865 — Thirty cows were re- 
ported in Caleb Wall's Seventh Ward 
pound. 

RAILROADS, STEAM. 

1847 — Milwaukee & Waukesha char- 
tered. 

1851 — Milwaukee & Mississippi finished 
to Waukesha. 

1854 — Finished to Madison. 

1857 — Built to Prairie du Chien. 

1854 — Milwaukee & Watertown built 
from Brookfield to Oconomowoc. 

1854 — Line south from Fond du Lac, now 
owned by Chicago & Northwestern. 

1856 — Milwaukee & La Crosse begun. 

1858 — Reached La Crosse. 

1866— Union depot, Reed St. 

1879-80 — West Milwaukee shops. 

Dec. 19, 1886 — First train ran into new 
Union passenger station, between Third 
and Fourth and Everett and Clybourn Sts., 
at 5:45 p. m., Sunday. 

June 24, 1889 — General passenger and 
freight departments of the Milwaukee 
road moved to Chicago. 

Dec. 10, 1889— North-Western depot, 
Wisconsin St. 

June 16, 1905 — Passes abolished. 

RAILWAYS, STREET. 

July, 1859— River and Lake Shore City 
Railway; May 50, 1859, first two cars 
operated with four horses each, from East 
Water St. bridge to Juneau Ave.; one car's 
receipts first day were $58. 

March 1865 — Milwaukee City. 

1874— Cream City. 

June 1, 1874— West Side. 

April 17, 1890 — Pittsburgh syndicate 
bought Cream City. 

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April 3, 1890— First electric car, Wells 
street. 

Feb. 4, 1905— Public Service building 
planned. 

Feb. 11, 1905 — Henry C. Payne, presi- 
dent Cream City. 

October, 1905 — Milwaukee-Northern or- 
ganized; Oct. 28, 1907, first train to Cedar- 
burg; Nov. 2, 1907, Port Washington; 
Sept. 22, 1908, Sheboygan. 

Feb. 1, 1915 — Railroad commission re- 
scinds order directing Electric Co. to sell 
13 tickets for 50 cents. 

June 14, 1915— U. S. Supreme Court up- 
holds Circuit Court order in 13-tickets- 
for-50-cents (coupon) case. 

REAL ESTATE. 

May 22, 1905— Railway Exchange (Her- 
man) building, sold for $400,000. 

March 3, 1890— Pabst building site 
leased for 99 years. 

RIOTS. 

April 6, 1845 — Rev. E. Leahy attacked in 
Spring St. (Grand Ave.) Methodist church 
and at U. S. hotel. 

May 8, 1845— Bridge. 

March 4, 1850 — Residence of State Sen- 
ator John B. Smith in Third ward mobbed 
by crowd which objected to a measure he 
had introduced in the legislature and 
which became known as "the blue liquor 
law." 

June 24, 1861— Bank. 

May 4, 1886— Bay View; five killed. 

March, 1889 — Chinese mobbed. 

Aug. 22, 1893— Unemployed. 

May 3, 1896 — Street railway. 

ROOSEVELT SHOT. 

Oct. 14, 1912 — Theodore Roosevelt shot 
by John Schranck while leaving Hotel 
Gilpatrick. 

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ROYAL ARCANUM. 

Dec. 29, 1877— Alpha Council, No. 43; 
Feb. 2, 1878, Allen Council. 



SANE FOURTH COMMISSION. 

1911. 

SCHOOLS. 

1835 — Private schools established. 

1845 — Thirteen schools, four public; 356 
pupils out of 1,781 children of school age. 

1885 — State Normal school. 

August, 1857 — Three high schools estab- 
lished; 1860, abolished. 

November, 1859 — Normal class estab- 
lished. 

1859 — Rufus King first superintendent. 

1879 — First kindergarten. 

June 7, 1904 — Frank M. Harbach, secre- 
tary. 

March 18, 1890 — Supreme court decides 
against reading bible in public schools. 

SETTLEMENT. 

1789 — Jean Baptiste Mirandeau and 
Jacques Vieau arrived. 

Sept. 14, 1818 — Solomon Juneau located 
on the site of the Wisconsin National 
bank, northwest corner of Wisconsin and 
East Water Sts. 

1835 — Morgan L. Martin of Green Bay 
became a partner of Juneau. 

1834— George H. Walker located on 
Walker's Point, south of the Milwaukee 
river. 

1835 — Laid out as a village. 

1835 — Byron Kilbourn bought a tract on 
the west side. 

September, 1835 — First town meeting 
held at Juneau's home. 

May 4, 1835 — Charles Milwaukee Sivyer, 
first white boy born in Milwaukee. 

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Oct. 10, 1835— Milwaukee H. Smith, 
daughter of Uriel B. and Lucy C. Smith, 
born; first Anglo-Saxon girl born in 
Milwaukee. 

Dec. 25, 1837 — Louis Bleyer, son of 
Henry Bleyer, first German child born in 
Milwaukee. 

Sept. 12, 1844— Aid. Henry Smith arrived 
from Stark county, Ohio, with his parents, 
two brothers and sister. 

Jan. 31, 1846— Charter adopted. 

July 5, 1869— Old Settlers' club organ- 
ized. 

SLAVES RESCUED. 

1842 — Caroline Quarles. 

March 11, 1858 — Joshua Glover, a run- 
away slave, rescued by abolitionists led i 
by Sherman M. Booth, editor of the Free * 
Democrat. 

SLOT MACHINES. 

March 22, 1905— Destroyed by Sheriff . 
Cary; June 9, 1915, destroyed by Sheriff 3 
Melms. 

SOCIALISTS. 

1910 — Emil Seidel elected mayor. 
1910 — Victor L. Berger elected congress- 
man from Fifth district. 

SOLDIERS' HOME. 

March 31, 1864— Opened. 
June 28, 1865— Great fair raised $110,000 ' 
in ten days for new building. 

SONS OF HERMANN. 

April 20, 1848— Milwaukee Lodge, No. 1. 

SPELLING, IN EARLY DAYS. 

Minwaki, Minewaki, Maunawaukee, Mel- 
oaki, Melleoki, Meloaky, Milouaqui, Mil- 
waukie, Milwalky. 

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ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY. 

Jan. 25. 1859 — Alexander Mitchell, presi- 
dent. 

STOCKYARDS. 

1870 — Established by Milwaukee road. 

STRIKES. 

March 10, 1890— Switchmen. 
May 15, 1905— Molders. 

SWIMMING RECORD. 

Aug. 17, 1894 — World's record, 80 yards: 
50 seconds, George J. Whittaker. 

TAX, INCOME. 

March 19, 1865 — Incomes for year: 
Alexander Mitchell, $53,071; Guido Pfister, 
$42,221; Angus Smith, $30,000. 

1913 — Largest taxpayer, Patrick Cudahy, 
$9,556.36; largest woman taxpayer, Char- 
lotte Hartig, $5,128. 

1914 — Largest corporation tax, Schlitz 
Brewing Co., $103,852. 

TITANIC VICTIM. 

April 15, 1912— Capt. E. G. Crosby 
among the 1,517 victims. 

TELEGRAPH. 

Jan. 17, 1848 — First dispatch sent to The 
Evening Wisconsin from the Chicago 
Journal: "Chicago and Milwaukee united." 

TELEPHONE. 

1877 — John S. George, first -subscriber; 
first exchange, 411 Broadway. 

TRAVELING MEN. 

Dec. 9, 1893— Post B, Travelers' Protec- 
ti\'e association. 

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June 29, 1895— Milwaukee Council, No. 
54, United Commercial Travelers of 
America. 

TURNERS. 

July 18, 1853 — Turnverein Milwaukee. 

UNITED WORKMEN. 

March 23, 1877— Schiller Lodge, No. 21. 

VISITORS. 

1679— La Salle. 

Oct. 7, 1698— De St. Cosme. 

1778— Charles de Langlade. 

April 28, 1853— Ole Bull. 

April 28, 1853— Adelina Patti (at the age 
of 13). 

Sept. 30, 1859— Abraham Lincoln. 

Oct. 14, 1860— Stephen A. Douglas. 

Jan. 23, 1865— Ralph Waldo Emerson. 

Feb. 5, 1865— John B. Gough. 

1865 — Artemus Ward. 

1865— Josh Billings. 

Sept. 4, 1865; June 9, 1880— Gen. U. S. 
Grant. 

Oct. 2, 1865— Gen. W. T. Sherman. 

Nov. 2, 1870— James A. Garfield. 

Jan. 2, 1872— Grand Duke Alexis. 

Sept. 12, 1878— President Rutherford B. 
Hayes. 

1880— Henry Ward Beecher. 

July 9, 1887— Earl of Aberdeen. 

Oct. 6. 1887 — Pi^esident Grover Cleveland 
and bride, Frances Folsom Cleveland. 

June 20, 1889. June 28, 1899, Sept. 1, 
1901, April 4, 1903, Sept. 7, 1910, Oct. 14, 
1912 — Theodore Roosevelt. 

April 10,- 1890— Rev. T. De Witt Tal- 
mage. 

Jan. 12, 1890— Princess Engalitcheff. 

March 9, 1890 — George Francis Train. 

March 15, 1890— Bill Nye. 

1890-1910— Nelly Ely. 



Oct. 9. 1894; Oct. 16-17, 1899— President 
William McKinley. 

Oct. 21, 1896— Carl Schurz. 

Jan. 11. 1898— Cheiro. 

Feb. 9. 1898— James J. Corbett. 

Feb. 10, 1899— Walter A. Wyckoff. 

Oct. 26, 1900— James Whitcomb Riley. 

March 4, 1902 — Prince Henry of Prussia. 

April 10, 1905 — George Kennan. 

June 5, 1904 — Mayor AVeaver of Phila- 
delphia, with liberty bell. 

Oct. 26, 1904— Elbert Hubbard. 

Nov. 3, 1904 — Gen. Nelson A. Miles. 

Jan. 14, 1905— Melba. 

March 16, 1905— John L. Sullivan. 

April 6, 1905— Harry K. Thaw and wife. 
on their honeymoon trip. 

Jan. 25, 1905 — Judge Ben B. Lindsey. 

April 21, 1906— Admiral Robert E. Peary. 

Oct. 16, 1906— Sir Thomas Lipton. 

March 2, 1907 — Edward Payson Weston. 

May 29, 1907— Gen. Tamemato Kuroki. 

Oct. 16, 1907— Sir Thomas Lipton. 

Nov. 7, 1907— Senator Benjamin R. Till- 
man. 

April 21, 1908— Dr. Frederick A. Cook. 

Feb. 9, 1909— Admiral Robley D. Evans. 

Feb. 10, 1909— James Bryce. 

March 6, 1909 — Count Johann von Bern- 
storff. 

Nov. 12, 1909— Opie Reed. 

Oct. 21, 1910— Karl Liebknecht. 

Nov. 17, 1910— Woodrow W^ilson. 

Dec. 8, 1910— Charles W. Eliot. 

Feb. 20, 1912— Atty.-Gen. Wickersham. 

Feb. 8, 1913 — Capt. Roald Amundsen. 

Aug. 9, 1913— Cardinal Gibbons. 

Jan. 23, 1914 — Miss Anne Morgan. 

1912-1915— William H. Taft. 

WAR. 

Aug. 6, 1847 — Mexican war enlistments. 
April 15. 1861 — War meeting called to 
order by Dr. Lemuel Weeks. 



April 25, 1861 — Seven companies re- 
cruited and assigned to the 1st Wisconsin 
regiment. 

April 23— June 9, 1861— Camp Scott, 
north side of Grand Ave., between Twelfth 
and Fourteenth Sts. 

May 8, 1861— Flag, gift of the women of 
Milwaukee, presented to the First Wiscon- 
sin Volunteers by Mrs. George H. Walker. 

July 2, 1861 — First engagement at Fall- 
ing Waters; George Drake first Milwaukee 
soldier killed. 

Feb. 13, 1862— Milwaukee celebrates 
capture of Fort Donaldson on Feb. 12, 
1862. 

Oct. 19, 1862— State draft. 

November, 1863 — National draft. 

Oct. 19, 1861 — Milwaukee Ladies' asso- 
ciation for the aid of military hospitals 
crganized. 

Feb. 27, 1865 — City enjoined from pay- 
ing bounties. 

1898 — Camp Harvey, state fair grounds, 
Spanish-American war. 

July 28, 1914 — Many Milwaukeeans 
marooned in Europe when great war broke 
out. 

WATERWORKS. 

Oct. 24, 1873— River supply; Sept. 14, 
1874, lake. 

July 21, 1914 — Record consumption, 
65,975,480 gallons. 

WEATHER. 

June 4, 1816— Blizzard. 

June 17, 1816 — Snow storm. 
(Known as the year that had no summer.) 

Jan. 1, 1846—35 to 40 below zero. 

June 2, 1866— Tornado. 

May 2, 1875 — 25, coldest May day in his- 
tory of weather bureau. 

March 19, 1881 — Record-breaking snow 
storm. 

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May 31, 1889— Snow. 

June 23, 1892—41 days' rain ended. 

May 18, 1894— Snow. 

May 24, 1901— Snow. 

May 27, 1907— Snow. 

Dec. 12, 1913—57. 

May 17, 1915— Snow; 53. 

WHISKY CASES. 

October, 1875— July, 1876. 

WHITE SLAVERY. 

May 20, 1915 — Rev. James M. Darnell 
sentenced to three years at Fort Leaven- 
worth. 

WISCONSIN S BIRTHDAY. 

May 29, 1848 — Wisconsin admitted to 
the Union. 

WOMEN'S INDUSTRIAL EXCHANGE. 

November, 1882. 

WORLD'S FAIR. 

May 20, 1890 — Wisconsin commissioners 
to Chicago World's Fair appointed. 

Aug. 9, 1915 — Milwaukee day. 

June 29, 1904 — Wisconsin building at St. 
Louis presented to the management. 

YOUNGEST MAYOR. 

1906 — Sherburn Merrill Becker, aged 
29 years. 

Y. M. C. A. 

Dec. 22, 1876— Organized. 

May 3, 1890 — German branch opened. 

Y. W. C. A. 

September, 1892. 

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YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION. 

Dec. 8, 1847— J. H. Van Dyke, president. 

ZINDA MURDER. 

Nov. 12, 1909— Hattie Zincla murdered 
by Carl Wojciechowski and Adam Pietr- 
zyk; Dec. 10, 1909, prisoners sent to state 
prison for life. 

ZOO. 

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